Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one gritted or jutted better than Hanif Mohammad . |
| 2 | I fumed and bittered away while my mother finished her coffee and made concerned remarks about how thin and pale I was looking . |
| 3 | To fulfil operational requirements as well may lead to data being collected , validated and stored more than once . |
| 4 | She had pleaded , cajoled and quarrelled violently as she tried to win the Prince 's assistance . |
| 5 | Cameron made him uneasy with his dark , closed look , the way he stopped and thought silently before he answered you . |
| 6 | Then , just ten feet below the fox and some seventy feet from the ground , he stopped and clung tightly as the pole swayed in the wind . |
| 7 | She smiled as Athelstan approached and asked softly if all was well . |
| 8 | They walked towards the unsteady steps , and a figure took shape out of the darkness , weaving as it came and blinking dazedly as the lantern was lifted to illuminate its face . |
| 9 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 10 | And he lived and slept downstairs because he could only afford to heat one room . |
| 11 | No one turned and looked disapprovingly because this was Spain , one of the noisiest countries in the world . |
| 12 | One or two turned and lumbered away as she rode toward them . |
| 13 | They turned and waited silently as Jackie Tiptoe 's distinctive shape , looking in the queer light more than ever like a gargoyle escaped from a cathedral , made its way across the grass with a swift , hiccupping run . |
| 14 | He turned and watched blearily as she walked to the table , picked up the empty glass and departed again without once raising her eyes to look at him . |
| 15 | Mouths that opened and closed hungrily as it advanced , showing lots of saw-teeth within the openings . |
| 16 | Emma 's long-lashed eyelids blinked rapidly , her mouth opened and shut twice before she said , ‘ Mother never did . ’ |
| 17 | Rachel stiffened and waited then when Jennifer made no attempt at further explanation she said , ‘ Was it to do with your MS ? ’ |
| 18 | He grinned and blinked shyly when he saw that I was awake . |
| 19 | In the course of these operations they killed and wounded more than 500 people , but even with these drastic measures they did not succeed in doing what they had set out to do . |
| 20 | The 1991/92 annual report of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has shown that it prosecuted and won less than 2 per cent of cases of river pollution reported during the period . |
| 21 | This pastime attracted such an enthusiastic following that several of the better equipped European brothels provided chambers decorated like railway carriages which shuddered and vibrated mechanically when they were occupied , as well as resounding with chugging and whistling sound effects . |
| 22 | She neither sobbed nor wept aloud as Dr Neil sighed , closed Effie 's eyes , pulled up the sheet , and rose to walk to the window , to look out of it , at nothing , McAllister suspected . |
| 23 | She pretended to swoon and the four girls laughed and joked together until the queue moved into the cinema . |
| 24 | Mary shivered and turned away as the first clods of earth thudded onto the coffin . |
| 25 | A barter economy still prevailed widely in 1922 , so that alcohol was a money substitute that kept and travelled better than grain . |
| 26 | My heart goes out to the people who are being raped , pillaged and murdered just because they are Bosnian Muslims . |
| 27 | ‘ My heart goes out to the people who are being raped , pillaged and murdered just because they are Bosnian Moslems . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Devil ! ’ he said and dismounted so as to approach the thicket more closely . |
| 29 | Athelstan crouched and stared closely where the sand and gravel had been scattered . |
| 30 | As a rule , snakes have simple teeth , all roughly the same shape , long , pointed and directed backwards when the mouth is closed . |